I bought a pile of leather scraps some time ago. I didn't know what I'd use them for then, but since then I've made quite a lot of things from them. This leather passport cover has been my greatest venture so far, though it was much easier to make as I expected (AND practice makes perfect, as we all know... :) )! I found some very good tutorials (see below), but I just missed something in each, so I made my own. Well, not so bad for the first try, is it?

if you want to sew by hand: linen leather sewing thread, leather sewing needle, overstitch wheel, stitching groover, and you will need to saddle stitch. Note: I have not tried sewing leather by hand, but this will definitely be my next venture! ;)

sew it up slowly (or, if you have a better machine than mine, set the speed to slow) and carefully with long basting stitch (it is obvious that I had problems with thread tension when sewing the brown one)